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IOM Pain Report Relieving Pain in America Gets Mixed Reviews

Kelly O'Neill 21 Comments ,
Institute of Medicine (IOM) studies pain in America This past summer, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) produced a report on the status of pain treatment in America called Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Treatment, and Research. (You can download a prepublication PDF of the book at that link.) The report recommended to...Continue reading      21 Comments » Read more

Rheum Blog Carnival: Pain Relief in Rheumatology

Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments , ,
Hey all! I’m truly amazed and humbled by the blogs about pain relief that I’ve read over the last few days. I hope you’ll read them all. Here’s the original post with describing today’s topic about how to treat pain relief in Rheumatology. We asked about who should treat the pain and when, whether patients...Continue reading      16 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Relief: What Do You Know?

Kelly O'Neill 38 Comments
The topic of pain relief came up last week in the Twitter #rheum chat. A couple of people Tweeted that their rheumatologists don’t give them pain relief meds.  I hear that from people sometimes, and I wondered… Whose responsibility is it to provide Rheumatoid Arthritis pain relief? The huge pain study by Strand showed 72% of Rheumatoid...Continue reading      38 Comments » Read more

RA Reality Versus “The Lie”

Kelly O'Neill 116 Comments , ,
When everything looks normal but it’s all wrong Countless times I’ve said that I would gladly be wrong about RA. I’d gladly be delusional instead of this sick. I often say “If only I actually were crazy. Then, I could take medication and at least believe I felt better.” Of course it’s a facetious remark, but...Continue reading      116 Comments » Read more

A Rheum Full of Contradictions

Kelly O'Neill 29 Comments ,
1) There’s “remission” when there’s no remission. A newly published study says more pain is seen with an older conception of Rheumatoid Arthritis remission than with newer more stringent remission criteria. “Disease remission has become a feasible goal for most Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients; however, patient-reported symptoms, such as pain, may persist despite remission.” Remission is...Continue reading      29 Comments » Read more

Without e-Patient Input, an ER Experience Can Be Empty

Kelly O'Neill 52 Comments , ,
Things that patients know about their health and the wealth of information they find online make input from patients valuable and meaningful. These patients are called e-patients. An e-patient acronym: Expand Participation by Allowing The Input of Evidence Not in Textbooks Hopefully, you didn’t miss the exciting news for rheumatology e-patients acknowledging that by “pooling our knowledge and...Continue reading      52 Comments » Read more

The Isolation of RA Pain: Short Poem Video

Kelly O'Neill 12 Comments , , ,
Most people with RA talk about how difficult it is to explain RA pain to others. It’s frustrating to be repeatedly told that it isn’t or shouldn’t be so bad. Just today, a woman I met couldn’t wait to tell me about her friend with RA who’s able to do so much more than I...Continue reading      12 Comments » Read more
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